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adjective
Date: 14th century
marked by or given to gluttony <a gluttonous appetite> Synonyms: see voracious • gluttonously adverb • gluttonousness noun
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Gluttonous — Glut ton*ous, a. Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. {Glut ton*ous*ly}, adv. {Glut ton*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gluttonous — I adjective crapulent, crapulous, debauched, edacious, excessive, greedy, immoderate, inabstinent, incontinent, indulgent, inordinate, insatiable, intemperate, omnivorous, orgiastic, ravenous, unrestrained, voracious II index inordinate,… … Law dictionary
gluttonous — mid 14c.; see GLUTTON (Cf. glutton) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Gluttonously … Etymology dictionary
gluttonous — *voracious, ravenous, ravening, rapacious Analogous words: greedy, *covetous, grasping Antonyms: abstemious Contrasted words: temperate, *sober: dainty, finicky, fussy, fastidious, *nice … New Dictionary of Synonyms
gluttonous — [adj] voracious covetous, devouring, edacious, gorging, gourmandizing, greedy, gross, hoggish*, insatiable, never full, omnivorous, piggish*, piggy*, prodigious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sating, starved, starving, unquenchable, wolfish*;… … New thesaurus
gluttonous — [glut′ n əs] adj. [ME glotonous < OFr glotonos: see GLUTTON] of or like a person who is a glutton gluttonously adv … English World dictionary
gluttonous — adjective given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink over fed women and their gluttonous husbands a gluttonous debauch a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure • Ant: ↑abstemious • Similar to: ↑crapulous, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gluttonous — [[t]glʌ̱tənəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say they are gluttonous. ...a selfish, gluttonous and lazy person … English dictionary
gluttonous — adjective doesn t anyone ever feed those gluttonous children? Syn: greedy, gourmandizing, voracious, insatiable, wolfish; informal piggish, piggy See note at greedy … Thesaurus of popular words
gluttonous — glutton ► NOUN 1) an excessively greedy eater. 2) a person with a great eagerness or capacity for something: a glutton for adventure. ● a glutton for punishment Cf. ↑a glutton for punishment DERIVATIVES gluttonous adjective … English terms dictionary
